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December 9th 2007

Published: December 10th 2007

So this weekend I finally packed up and headed out to - what felt like - the tropical paradise of Tokyo for a weekend adventure and 'Thanksgiving Dinner'. Friday night I took the last train out of Tsuru to Tokyo (midnight on the orient express? Is that PC?). I made it to Tokyo around 0 dark thirty (12:30 am), met Courtney and Jenny (who had come with us to Fuji Q Highland), and we ended up going... Read Full Entry

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One of the many freezers that the fish is stored in..

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EXACTLY as delicious as it looks.

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Who'd've thought carpentry skills would come in handy in fish vending...Tsu

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Fish with the markings from the auction

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More markings from the auction

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gorgeous. Simply gorgeous

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I got a FREE SAMPLE of fish from here!!! A free sample of fresh, raw, tuna! It was unbelievable to say the least...

Tsukiji Knives

I can't get over these things.

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I was hoping to find this, and I did. Amid all the husle and bustle and action... one guy with nothing to do.

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Lunch!

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Tsukiji Sushi

One of the sushi markets near the actual fish market. This was the longest line we'd seen. Seemed pretty good, but we didn't have the patience to wait for it.

Tsukiji carts

A pink one!

Tsukiji..... beef?

We found a BEEF shop in the FISH market!!!

Tsukiji Sushi

We sat right in front of the sushi chefs, and this was the first thing we saw when we sat down.

Tsukiji Sushi

Ok.. going across from left to right first row: egg, tuna rolls, egg second row: more different tuna, some kind of white fish, tuna again, and I have no idea but it was delicious third row: sweet shrimp, urchin, salmon eggs, not very delicious eggs, and eel (my favorite) To the far right is miso soup with salmon in it. Unbelievably delicious... especially for 8 bucks!

Tsukiji Sushi

That is a bona fide piece of raw whale. I wanted to go for the strangest piece of sushi I could find, and I think this is pretty out there. It tasted almost exactly like roast beef.

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